Is Ireland bound by the recent EU Commission Regulation which requires that Members State include fingerprints in their ePassports by June 2009?
No, Ireland is not bound by this regulation as it constitutes a development of the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part. The Government does not intend to include the second biometric identifier, (fingerprints) in our ePassports. We will however, continue to engage with the Commission on the development of the standards.
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